Land-roller.



' PATENTED JULY 31, 1906.

.W! H. TEABY.

LAND ROLLER.

APPLIGATION FILED H.127, 1906.

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- INVENTOR "UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIGE WILLIAM TEABY, OF 'GEYSERVILLE, CALIFORNIA;

Lz AND- FioLLER.

T on whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, 'WILLIAM H. TEABY, a

'citizen of the United States, residing at Geyserville, in the county of Sonoma and State of Califorma, have invented new and useful Improvements in Land-R ollers, of which the folthe same are considered in connection with embodiment of of theheads or disks '2) and heads or disks together.

the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the landroller constituting the present and preferred my invention. Fig. ,2 is a top plan View of the same, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view illustrative of the manner in which the clod breaking or mashing bars are arranged relative to theheads or disks of the roller.

Similar letters designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings, referring to which I A is the roller of my novel device. In the present and preferred embodiment of my invention the said roller comprises a shaft a and two sections arranged end to end on the shaft a and each made up of tWo heads or disks 7) and longitudinal clod-mashing bars 0, arranged on and connected to the peripheries connecting said .The heads vor disks 6 have their perlpheries notched .to form shoulders at for the rear edges of the bars 0, while the said bars 0 are of vT form in crosssection and are arranged on the disks or heads in the manner shownthat is to say, with their stems extending outwardly from their heads. and with the forward edge of each bar overlapping the rear edge of the next succeeding bar. When the bars 0 are thus arranged on and connected to the heads or disks bby bolts extending through the bars or other means suitable to the purpose, it will be observed that the shoulders d of the heads or disks 7) will remove strain from the connect- Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed January 27, 1906. Serial No. 298,218.

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ing-bolts, while the outwardlyextending stems of the bars, as well as the exposedforward edges thereof,' will constitute efficient clod mashing or breaking ortions andcontribute materially to the e ciency of the device as a whole.

B B are standards arranged on and rising from the ends of the shaft a.

C'is a box arranged above the roller A and on the standards B and extending in the direction of the length of the said roller and fixedly connected to the said standards.

D is a dividing-board arranged in the longitudinal center of the box 0 and designed to regulate and counterbalance the weight of the driver.

E is a tongue connected directly to the box C and also through the medium of the braces F, and G is a footboard disposed in rear of the roller A and connected with the rear ortion of the box 0 through the medium of hang ers H. v I v I In the practical use of my novel land-roller the driver stands on the footboard G, and conse uently his weight is imposed on the rolleri, so as to enable the stems and the for-- ward edges ofthe T-bars c to operate to the best advantage in clods.. It will be noticed, however, that when stones or' other heavy articles are-placed in the box C in front and the center of gravity of the machine the of the dividing-board D said weight will counterbalance the weight of the twofold function of increasing the weight imposed on the roller A and rendering the land-roller easy on the draft-animals.

In addition to' the practical advantages which I have hereinbefore ascribed to my novel land-roller it will be apparent that the same is sim 1e and inexpensive in construction and em bodies no delicate parts, such as are liable to get out of order after a short period of use. I

While I have shown the box C as of a less width than the diameter of the roller Band the hangers H as extending downwardly and rearwardly from the box, it is obvious that the said box 0 may be made sufficiently wide for the hangers H to depend vertically from the box Without involving a departure from the scope of my invention as claimed.

1. In a land-roller, the combination of a roller having a shaft, a box disposed above the driver on the footboard G and willserve IIO the roller and supported on the shaft thereof I and a pole connected to and extending forto and having a longitudinal dividing-board, a wardly from the box.

ole connected to and extending forwardly In testimony whereof I have hereunto set From the box, and a footboard disposed in my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- 5 rear of the roller and hung from the box. nesses.

2. In a land-roller, the combination of a WILLIAM H. TEABY. roller having a shaft, a box disposed above Witnesses: the roller and supported on the shaft thereof JOHN H. STONE,

and having a longitudinal dividing-board, C. WVIEDERsIIEIM. 

